{"id":24651,"date":"2019-10-11T13:18:25","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T17:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=24651"},"modified":"2019-10-08T17:33:14","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T21:33:14","slug":"domestic-violence-hotline-for-the-polyamorous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/11\/domestic-violence-hotline-for-the-polyamorous\/","title":{"rendered":"Domestic violence hotline for the polyamorous"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Back of a city bus in Harvard Square:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_4228Edited.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1520\" height=\"1018\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_4228Edited-1520x1018.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_4228Edited-1520x1018.jpg 1520w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_4228Edited-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_4228Edited-1024x686.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_4228Edited-768x515.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1520px) 100vw, 1520px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I posted this to Facebook with &#8220;Helpful phone number in case identifying as polyamorous leads to a domestic dispute&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/tnlr.org\/en\/our-history\/\">the sponsor organization&#8217;s history page:<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>the wording of our mission was changed to explicitly name and acknowledge our ongoing work with gay, queer, polyamorous and SM communities.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Who wants to test the theory that &#8220;Love means my partner respects my identities&#8221; by walking in the front door and saying to one&#8217;s partner &#8220;Starting tonight, I identify as polyamorous&#8221;?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Also, are people who engage in sadomasochism a &#8220;community&#8221;? See <a href=\"http:\/\/tnlr.org\/en\/partner-abuse-in-sm-communities\/\">&#8220;Partner Abuse In SM Communities&#8221;<\/a> from the same org.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back of a city bus in Harvard Square: I posted this to Facebook with &#8220;Helpful phone number in case identifying as polyamorous leads to a domestic dispute&#8221;. 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